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Virgin gigabit trial in Cambridgeshire village

Virgin Media has announced it is bringing gigabit fibre to the sleepy Cambridgeshire town of Papworth Everard as part of a trial.

The broadband operator will use a unique called narrow trenching - a cheap and fast way to lay cable - to connect around 100 homes in the village. It is the first time Virgin has used narrow trenching for such a project, and the company says the method could reduce the cost of network roll-outs by 33 per cent.

Although the trial is relatively small in terms of the number of homes being connected to the gigabit FTTP service, the company will also upgrade Papworth Everard's remaining premises to a 152Mbps broadband service.

Global carrier GTT Communications has been selected by Jisc, the provider of digital services for the UK research and education community, to provide high-speed internet transit for the Janet network.

One of the leading national research and education networks in the world, Janet supports the innovation, research and learning of approximately 18 million UK college and university users. The Janet network is also the operator in the UK for eduroam, the international wireless roaming service for the education community that supports more than 70 million users around the world.